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iOS Object-Oriented Objective-C Memory, Arrays and Loops, Oh My! Alloc and Init

Darius Champion
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Darius Champion
UX Design Techdegree Student 1,192 Points

I can't seem to find the problem here

NSDictionary *carDict=[[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys: @"Make": @"Honda" @"Model":@"Accord",nil];

I am sure I am doing this right but Maybe i have the order wrong or where in my syntax is the problem PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME

variable_assignment.mm
NSDictionary *carDict=[[NSDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys: @"Make": @"Honda" @"Model":@"Accord",nil];

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi there! There are a few issues with your code. First, this is supposed to be an NSMutableDictionary as opposed to an NSDictionary. Secondly, between your key and value pairs you have colons instead of commas, Thirdly, your key/value pairs are in the incorrect order. The line of code you're looking for should be:

NSMutableDictionary *carDict=[[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys: @"Honda", @"Make", @"Accord", @"Model",nil];

Hope this helps! :sparkles: